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It took 27 years for this bill to be introduced again to the Parliament. After an 8-hour-long debate, the bill was finally passed by the Lok Sabha on 20 September.
The bill proposes about 33 percent reservation to the women in parliament and the state assemblies. Accordingly, this will be a historical legislation in India that will provide a great participation of women in the country's political administration.
The eight-hour-long debate witnessed members from the Treasury and Opposition benches, led by the Congress, where Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was the first speaker. In her Speech Gandhi included the contribution of various women leaders in India. She even addressed the separate reservations of the SC, ST, and OBC women.
The Lok Sabha finally passed the Women's Reservation Bill with an overwhelming majority following a day of heated debates between leaders of the BJP and opposition parties.
Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and SC/ST communities have been called upon to be included in the Bill, which aims to allocate one-third of Lok Sabha and state assembly seats to women.
In the remaining two days of the Special Parliamentary Session, the Rajya Sabha will take up the Bill for passage, and the approval of half of the States may be required.
To this decision from the Lok Sabha, PM Modi wrote to the Social Media Platform X, Thanking the Lok Sabha Members.
Its opponents were just two: Asaduddin Owaisi and Syed Imtiyaz Jaleel from the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen.
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